JI am ust getting started trying to upload a Council Meirt Badge Counselor list. We have just under 1200 counselors. I maintain the counselor list in an Access data base and create a ScoutBook formated MBC.CSV to upload the counselors to ScoutBook. The first time I uploaded it reported some error…

Michael, 7.0.2.3 does not say the list may contain MBCs that have not be approved by the Council. Since my Council will not approve any MBC that wants to work with only a single unit, there would be no such MBCs to put on a list a unit maintains.

Until someone in National issues an opinion, we’ll have to agree to disagree on the interpretation of this section. I believe the intent is clear…restrictions are an individual decision, not a Council’s. I don’t think the GTA would argue against such restriction, in so many places, if it were not …

[image] MichaelMerritt2: (alas), I am not the Grand Poobah of Merit Badge Minutia! But think of all the headaches you’re avoiding by not being Grand High Poobah, @MichaelMerritt2 . :slight_smile:

Just to throw in an interesting wrinkle, I believe that ScoutNet will charge a membership fee for someone registered is a Unit Only Counselor if they are not a multiple. Hence the position code 42F. Greg

What is the F in position code 42F? In reply to: [image] GregoryBuchanan: Just to throw in an interesting wrinkle, I believe that ScoutNet will charge a membership fee for someone registered is a Unit Only Counselor if they are not a multiple. Hence the position code 42F. The “F” indicates t…

Approval of Merit Badge Counselors I reference to: [image] edavignon: The Guide to Advancement says the Council Advancement Committee must approve all Merit Badge Counselors. [image] edavignon: 7.0.2.3 does not say the (unit) list may contain MBCs that have not been approved by the Counc…

[image] JenniferOlinger: @Bill_W 42F is when the MBC wants Scouting Magazine - not Boys’ Life . @JenniferOlinger - Thanks for the correction. Fixed error. I got confused when I added the Boys’s Life info. Now removed to simplify my response.

Bill_W, I appreciate your presentation of all relevant statutory materials. I invite counsel and interested parties to prepare briefs on “may councils refuse to approve counselors who wish to restrict themselves to individual units, districts, zip codes, or zodiac signs.” The Clerk of the SCOTGTA…

Ed, AS NOTED ABOVE, THIS DOCUMENTATION IS NOW UPDATED The upload function and associated documentation have re-emerged. I note the documentation has not been updated…it contains a lot of outdated, erroneous information, and as noted here, is incomplete. I’d be happy to help create an updated ver…

Michael, I sent you a direct message. Click you avatar in the upper right corner of your screen.

ScoutBook is duplicating Merit Badge counselors on Council Upload

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Approval of Merit Badge Counselors

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Approval of Merit Badge Counselors

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